Definition- Depth

Dictionary Definition of Depth
The condition or quality of being deep

Describing words for Depth

• strength
• distance
• deep
• range
• steepness
• length
• three dimensional
• width
• blur

Analysing four photographs of depth

In this photograph it shows depth. This photograph is of a white fence with small pebbles balancing on the tops with grass plants in the background. The use of depth is where the fence starts of very close up and then gets further away to show the length of it. The closer pebbles are much more sharp and focused but as the fence gets more depth the pebbles turn unfocused and blurred. The plants in the background at colour to the photograph and is there to fill a space because if the plants weren't there the use of depth wouldn't be as compact and narrow therefore not being as affective.

In this photograph there is also use of depth. The glass cups filled with sweets are lined up and the camera has taken them from the side angle to show the depth of them. This is very affective as its creatively done and shows  the glasses from an interesting angle instead of face on which wouldn't be as complex and appealing to look at. The bright colours also create the photograph to have more depth as the colours turn unfocused when the get further away from the camera. I think this photograph is very good as they have managed to blur all the glasses other then the second one in this makes this photograph different and shows depth in a different way.




This photograph shows depth as the photograph is of the side of a house and scraps of wood and metal outside it. The use of depth has been taken from the side but diagonally angled to a high angle to show more depth and create the photograph to look like some sort of illusion. The black and white colours create this photograph to look very vintage and brings out the depth more. I think this photograh is very high quality and is something that would inspire me with my work.

In this photograph it shows depth this is becuase the long bridge has been taken at the start of the bridge to show the long lentgh. This is very affective as the further the bridge gets the smaller it is and narrower it goes. The differnce with this photograph is that the further it gets it still stays in focus but only slightly blurs but the others become unofocused and extremely blurred. This photogrpahy also contains form as the shadow on the bridge is showing this. The bright colours are very engaging and the long bridge leads the viwers eyes through a journey to the relaxing and sensational sea and villas on the other side. This photograph reminds me of a chilled holiday which puts me in a postive mood





My own Definiton of Depth
Depth is when something is taken from a certain angle to produce length  or width that has a close up object and then unfocused objects. The use of depth is to show a journey and make a photograph more intersting to look at.

Work Diary

The first photograph i am going to evaluate is the long drain


edit. This photograph shows depth extremly well as it shows the lentgh of the drain starting from a closeup and leading the viewers eyes through to the end. This photograph is very clear and the colours are very sharp. To improve this photograph i would of takne out the red tiles at the side to put more focus on the drain to create the depth to be more narrow.

The second photograph im going to evaluate is the head light photograph. This has been taken from a low angle to show the full lengthg of the head light starting from the bottom. This photograph isnt one of my best as the colours are very dark and there is a faint pink line in the sky which i couldnt make disappear. however the dark colour of the head light creates depth to be seen very clear.

The day i went out to take photographs for this formal element the weather was vey bright and dry therefore i took alot of photographs outside. To develop my shoot i would of taken more photos to get a better understanding of depth.